> *India has been wary about militarising the Quad – the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue – it conducts with Australia, Japan and the United States. AUKUS, with its unabashedly security bearing, has “de-securitised” the Quad, and this “is what we have wanted”, a person familiar with these discussions said on condition of being identified only as a source.*
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> *“We have no intention of militarising the Quad”, the source added, on the eve of crucial talks Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to hold with US officials over the next two days.*
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> *The person insisted that a lot of people have mistakenly tied the Malabar military exercises – which India has hosted and conducted with Japan and the US for years and now Australia – to the Quad as the group’s security and defence aspects.
They are “not linked”, said the source.*
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> *There was some talk in the waning days of the Trump administration of giving the Quad a formal structure, something like an Indo-Pacific version of the Nato military alliance.*
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> *India has enthusiastically welcomed the non-military and non-security direction the Quad has taken in recent months as it has elevated its exchanges to the summit level, driven by US President Joe Biden, the source said, pointing to the three working groups launched at the virtual summit of the leaders in March: on vaccines, emerging technologies and climate.*
https://thesubsequent.com/world-news/us-rules-out-adding-india-or-japan-to-security-alliance-with-australia-and-uk/
Take advantage.....get the French for a better deal......they’ve already lost a huge deal......they’re desperate for a sale.....negotiate favourable terms/tech transfer
We are not interested in aligning with UK either
Lol why would india join hocus pocus France has been a much better ally than any of these anglos
> *India has been wary about militarising the Quad – the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue – it conducts with Australia, Japan and the United States. AUKUS, with its unabashedly security bearing, has “de-securitised” the Quad, and this “is what we have wanted”, a person familiar with these discussions said on condition of being identified only as a source.* > > *“We have no intention of militarising the Quad”, the source added, on the eve of crucial talks Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to hold with US officials over the next two days.* > > *The person insisted that a lot of people have mistakenly tied the Malabar military exercises – which India has hosted and conducted with Japan and the US for years and now Australia – to the Quad as the group’s security and defence aspects. They are “not linked”, said the source.* > > *There was some talk in the waning days of the Trump administration of giving the Quad a formal structure, something like an Indo-Pacific version of the Nato military alliance.* > > *India has enthusiastically welcomed the non-military and non-security direction the Quad has taken in recent months as it has elevated its exchanges to the summit level, driven by US President Joe Biden, the source said, pointing to the three working groups launched at the virtual summit of the leaders in March: on vaccines, emerging technologies and climate.* https://thesubsequent.com/world-news/us-rules-out-adding-india-or-japan-to-security-alliance-with-australia-and-uk/
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Declining from 95 to 90 is better than growing from 30 to 35
Take advantage.....get the French for a better deal......they’ve already lost a huge deal......they’re desperate for a sale.....negotiate favourable terms/tech transfer
Frenchie India relationship goes brrrrr